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Pa. Turnpike: Toll hike, 45-percent non-EZ pass surcharge coming
Officials said the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 6 percent increase for EZ-Pass users as well those without passes in the “Toll by Plate" program.
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Feds probe men’s rights lawyer in 2nd killing
Roy Den Hollander is suspected of posing as a FedEx driver when he opened fire at the judge’s home on Sunday, killing her son and wounding her husband.
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‘It felt like an earthquake’: South Philly rowhouse collapse crushes two cars
A spokesperson for L&I said that a dilapidated three-story rowhouse on Mercy Street was under construction at the time of the collapse.
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Robeson House awarded $135K grant to hire director
The West Philadelphia institution will receive a $135,000 grant to help cover the new director’s salary and the costs of searching for the new full-time director.
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Del. coronavirus recovery: Carney ‘mad as hell’ state back on N.J., N.Y. quarantine list
The governor once again bristled at the inclusion of his state on the list of places whose residents are advised to quarantine for 14 days.
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The bill's sponsor and transparency advocates are urging the governor to reconsider.
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Rumbles and booms: Military training ongoing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
Military units are conducting training maneuvers on the base, according to the Toms River Office of Emergency Management.
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More financial assistance may be on the way for Pennsylvanians struggling to pay utility bills
PennPIRG, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumers, said nearly 800,000 households and 55,000 businesses in Pennsylvania are at risk of a shutoff.
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Need a respite from the brutal heat? Philly offers 10 public cooling centers
City officials opened 10 air conditioning spaces during the first heat emergency of 2020. But few people knew about the resource on Monday.
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Mayor Kenney, stop putting optics before solutions — your city needs housing now
An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.
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With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play
The Wilma Theater will present its final production the 2019-20 season, the Afrofuturist work “Is God Is,” as a radio play — something it’s never done before.
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As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’
The $600-a-week federal supplement was designed to make the average worker whole during the worst economic downturn in at least four decades.
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Delaware Art Museum revives ‘Black Survival Guide’ exhibit
Originally commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, the exhibit has new relevance in 2020.
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‘We’re tired of losing our loved ones’: Young Philadelphians rally against gun violence
The demonstration, which will move from Center City to North Philly, is a call to action aimed at city leaders and residents.
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Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike
The “Strike for Black Lives” protest was organized by labor unions and social and racial justice organizations, which planned a range of actions in more than two dozen cities.
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